# Legality of pedal cars

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-pedal-cars/428396 "2007-12-01T00:18:52Z")\
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[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]  
Which doesn’t make anmy sense as a bicycle is as much a vehicle as a car is. They’re just different types of vehicles.  
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Yes, but the vehicle regulations for an automobile are very different from those for a bicycle. As far as I can tell from the news articles, this vehicle met all the necessary requirements for a bicycle, and the attempt to treat it legally as an automobile failed.

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